Cisco Technology, Inc.

Gowri Dhandapani

Benoit Claise

Paul J Aitken

Stanford Louis Yates

Zhipu Jin

Nagaraj Varadharajan

An apparatus is provided in one example embodiment and includes a network element configured to receive a plurality of packets. The network element is configured to couple to a module, the module being configured to generate a data record that is based on information associated with the packets and capable of being interpreted according to a template in which multiple information elements can be positioned to create a hierarchical relationship within structured data. The structured data further includes references to the information elements. The network element further including an export module configured to export the data record to a next destination.

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Gowri Dhandapani